Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Teacher had sex with 13-year-old girl, court hears

A 13-year-old boarding school student and her teacher had sex in a hayloft, a barn, a tennis court, his bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen and even the principal’s bedroom, a trial heard Monday.

“He told me I was a good girl,” said the former student, now 45. “It was kept secret.”

Former physical education teacher and school handyman, Giancarlo Marchi, 50, has pleaded not guilty to gross indecency and sexual intercourse with two vulnerable female students in the 1980s.

The alleged crimes happened while they lived at Bay Point Academy, a private boarding school that operated out of Innisfil, and later moved to Orangeville.

The school at a lakefront century home catered to children with emotional and behaviour problems. Along with routine studies, the children cleaned barns, fed horses, cleaned house and took boxing lessons. (more...)